You can also call him : Ravi that shines 24x7
Here is why :
Day-before-Yesterday :
Ø Indian
App Owners consider approaching Minister for Electronics and Information
Technology ( MeITY ) for launching an INDIAN APP STORE
Yesterday :
Ø I sent following E Mail to Shri Prasad ,
supporting the idea – but requesting Shri Prasad to not stop with just launching of INDIAN APP STORE but go the whole hog to break-up the
monopoly of GAFA ( Google – Apple – Facebook – Amazon )
( https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/09/gafa-aka-monopoly-v-20.html
)
Two hours later,
I found following tweet by Shri
Prasad :
“ Encouraging Indian app
developers is vital to create an #AatmanirbharBharat app ecosystem. Happy that @YourStoryCo
has come out with AppNirbhar
Bharat Report that analyses Indian apps ecosystem & gives notable
suggestions from Indian app developers “
Today (
02 Oct ) :
Ø Morning
news-papers reported :
India open to launching own app store as start-ups
criticise Google: Report
Also ,
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/centre-open-to-launching-an-indian-app-store/articleshow/78438620.cms
Extract :
Ø India is open to launching its
own mobile app
store or expanding an existing one if it receives enough demand
from domestic firms for an alternative to Apple and Google platforms, a senior
government official said on Thursday
Ø Indian start-ups have criticized the
company for policies they say stifle their growth.
Ø In response to an
earlier media report, a senior Indian official told Reuters New Delhi hasn't
received any formal request but was willing to consider developing a mobile
platform where
apps could be downloaded.
Ø India already runs a
mobile app
store that lists over 1200 mainly government-backed applications,
but also Paytm, and the government could also consider expanding that instead
of starting from scratch, the official added
Ø "It's absolutely
necessary to have a local app store," said Vishal Gondal, co-founder of
Bengaluru-based gaming firm nCore Games
Ø India already has an
app store for governance-centric apps, which can be scaled up to begin with…
Ø In addition, there is
a need to also introduce policies requiring handset manufacturers to pre-load alternative app
store….
Ø The Indian government
“ is not averse to the
idea “ of launching its own app store..
Developing
a desi rival for Google’s Play Store
Extract :
Ø Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, Deep Kalra of
MakeMyTrip, Vishal Gondal of Goqii, and founders of other start-ups including
PolicyBazaar and Sharechat, ae brainstorming on the possibility of creating a new platform to rival Google’s Play Store.
Ø The thinking is the need for an Indian app
store to ensure that a viable alternative
platform to Google’s
Ø T
V Mohands Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners, strongly believes that India should have its own app store and have
regulations that will force digital monopolies to first issue a notice, have a
cure period and only then act, instead of removing them directly
Ø “
It is a bit like China
where an entire alternative to western internet ecosystem has developed
“, said Santosh Pai, Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies
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Related Readings :
Google
will pay publishers $ 1 BILLION to quell claims of unfairly profiting from
their content
Extract :
Ø Google has
announced a new initiative called Google News Showcase that will pay select
publishers for content the showcase is populated with. Currently, Google has
set aside $1 billion to pay publishers over the next three years to get the
initiative off the ground.
Ø But the Showcase
initiative isn’t an altruistic move on Google’s part. The search giant has come
under increasing pressure from publishers and regulators in recent years about the way it profits from the work
publishers do.
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Senate
Panel will Subpoena CEOs of Google, FB & Twitter
Extract :
Ø A Senate panel voted
Thursday to compel testimony from the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter as
lawmakers opened a new front in the battle over hate speech, misinformation and
perceived political bias on social media a month before the presidential election.
Ø The Senate Commerce
Committee authorized subpoenas for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai
of Google and Twitter's Jack Dorsey to force them to appear at a planned
hearing if they do not agree to do so voluntarily
Ø The committee's
unanimous vote marked the start of a new bipartisan initiative against Big Tech
companies
Ø At a White House event
last week, officials said the legislative proposal would protect the open
internet and prevent hidden manipulation by social media
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Exclusive:
China preparing an antitrust investigation into Google - sources
Extract :
China is preparing to launch an
antitrust probe into Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google,
looking into allegations it
has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle
competition, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,
Many thanks for the speed with
which you have responded positively
Continuous pressure from EU – USA
– Australia, has forced Google to pay the print
media for their content.
It seems Google has accepted
the principle :
“ Content creators / Data owners , must be compensated for their
data “
It is high time to extend the
same principle to the use of PRIVATE PERSONAL DATA of 600 million Indian Users, by Google and all Social Media / E
Com websites etc
They MUST be made to compensate
600 million Indians for selling ( using ) their data to Advertisers and making
huge profit
Very likely, China will demand that, every-time an Android-based smart
phone is used by a Chinese Citizen, Google pay that citizen, ONE Yuan ( = Rs 10.82 )
My calculations show that ( if
my suggestion outlined in following emails are implemented ), each Indian User
would get a MONTHLY compensation of Rs 30,000 / -
( I call this mechanism , a UBI
which costs NOTHING to our Government – and which all political parties would
support whole-heartedly ! )
All that we need is the
political will
Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [
4 D ]………………….....
[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login )…[ 10 Feb 2019 ]
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 02 Oct 2020
PS :
On this birthday of Mahatma
Gandhi , do we have the courage to tell the Neo Data Imperialists ,
“ Pay up or QUIT INDIA “ ?